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    Crown & Anchor Edwin’s Tacos

    Ingredients:
     

    • 16 arbol chilis
    • 16 garlic cloves
    • 4 medium white onions
    • 4 sprigs of thyme (leaves only)
    • 12 cloves
    • 4 cups orange juice
    • 4 cups pineapple juice
    • 4 tbsp. black pepper
    • 4 tbsp dry oregano
    • 4 tbsp cumin
    • 6 tbsp paprika
    • 9 tbsp salt
    • 4 cups apple cider vinegar
    • 2 tbsp tomato paste
    • 4 tbsp chipotle peppers in adobo
    • 2 boneless pork shoulders

     
    Tomatillo Avocado Salsa
    Ingredients:

     

    • 10 tomatillos
    • 1 ripe avocado
    • Juice of 1 lime
    • ¼ bunch cilantro
    • ¼ white onion
    • 2 serrano peppers
    • 1 tbsp olive oil
    • 4 garlic cloves
    • salt and pepper to the pepper to taste

     
    Garnishes Ingredients:
     

    • ½ pineapple
    • 3 scallions

     
    Process:
     

    • Slice pork shoulders ½ inch thick slices
    • Place on deep bowl set aside.
    • Blend all ingredients from marinade, pour over pork shoulder slices, and make sure all pork is evenly covered.
    • Cover and refrigerate over night or for 24 hours.
    • After marinating place contents of bowl in deep baking pan and cover.
    • Preheat oven to 400, and bake for 3 hours or until pork is tender.
    • Remove pork from juices and let it cool down. Set juices aside.
    • Once pork has cooled, dice into ½ inch cubes.
    • Preheat frying pan, toss in 8oz. of cubed pork along with 2 oz. of remaining juice, until it is hot and ready to serve.
    • Warm corn tortillas on grill or stovetop
    • Once warm, fill tacos with pork, and garnish with grilled diced pineapple, scallion, cilantro leaves, and top with tomatillo salsa

     
    For Salsa: Process
     

    • Wash tomatillos, cilantro, and peppers in cold water
    • Blend with remaining ingredients until smooth.

     
    For Garnishes: Process
     

    • Peel pineapple
    • Remove center and slice into ½ inch thick slices
    • Grill 30 seconds each side, and set aside to cool.
    • Once cool dice into 1/2 inch cubes.
    • Marinate scallions in olive oil, lime juice, salt and pepper and grill for 1 minute
    • Set aside with pineapple
    Recipe courtesy of Edwin Amaro
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